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OrientDB: dbtype - Graph or Document

When creating a DB in OrientDB, you can choose between Graph or Document.

I understand the conceptual difference between a Graph and a Document. However, it seems that regardless of the choice, the DB has the same capabilities (for example, if you create a document DB you can still create vertices in the graph).

So is there really any difference between the two options? Is it a hint to OrientDB on how to initially organize the DB?

Solution

  • The only difference is that with "graph" the default classes V and E are created. That's it. In the next releases, we will remove this parameter because has not much sense.